Shiva represents contrasting values ?both lust and purity, peace and destruction. When depicted together with his wife, Parvati, he represents the union of male and female and marital fidelity.

Another version has it that Parvati performed prayers on the auspicious moonless night of Shiva Ratri to ward off any evil that may befall her husband. Since then, women pray for the well-being of ...

The festival, which marks the marriage of Lord Shiva with Parvati, started in the 17th century in Sambalpur. Earlier, the divine wedding was being organised in Someswar Baba temple in Balibandha.

The article examines how certain zodiac pairings mirror the divine relationship of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. It discusses how Scorpio-Cancer, Virgo-Capricorn, and Aries-Libra couples can ...

This statue of the divine Hindu couple, the great god Shiva and his wife Parvati, would have probably been placed above a door to a temple. Hindu worshippers used sculptures to develop a close ...